Some models of Forsake Shoes, a creation of Union College friends from Brighton and Massachusetts.

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Parents of most teenage boys know this: The last thing they want, when they finally have shoes on their feet, is to take those shoes off and put on another pair just because they're going to do something active.

Jake Anderson, 24, and his business partner, Sam Barstow, 23, learned this working at ski resorts: The last thing they wanted was cold, soggy socks because they didn't change their shoes when they went outside in the snow.